Betty Compson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-03-17
Day of Death
1974-04-18 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Beaver, Utah, USA
Betty Compson
Biography
Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Known For
Acting
(2011)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1948)
Here Comes Trouble
as Martha Blake
(1947)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena Webster
(1947)
Second Chance
as Mrs. Davenport
(1946)
Her Adventurous Night
as Miss Spencer
(1943)
Danger! Women at Work
as Madame Sappho
(1943)
Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Gertie
(1941)
Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. Kessler
(1941)
Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
(1941)
Escort Girl
as Ruth Ashley
(1940)
Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
as Cafe Hostess
(1940)
Mad Youth
as Lucy Morgan
(1940)
Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van Horn
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)
(1939)
Cowboys from Texas
as Belle Starkey
(1939)
News Is Made at Night
as Kitty Truman
(1938)
Blondes at Work
as Blanche Revelle
(1938)
Religious Racketeers
as Ada Bernard
(1938)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Loretta
(1938)
Port of Missing Girls
as Chicago
(1938)
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
(1938)
Under the Big Top
as Marie
(1938)
The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor Sparks
(1938)
Two Gun Justice
as Kate
(1937)
Federal Bullets
as Sue, Gang Moll
(1937)
God's Country and the Man
as Roxey Moore
(1937)
Circus Girl
as Carlotta
(1936)
Bulldog Edition
as Billie Blake
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Betty
(1936)
August Week End
as Ethel Ames
(1936)
The Millionaire Kid
as Gloria Neville
(1936)
Two Minutes to Play
as 'Fluff' Harding
(1936)
Killer at Large
as Kate
(1936)
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Molly
(1936)
The Drag-Net
as Mollie Cole
(1935)
False Pretenses
as Clarissa Stanhope
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Millie Sprague
(1933)
Destination Unknown
as Ruby Smith
(1933)
West of Singapore
as Lou
(1932)
Guilty or Not Guilty
as Maizie
(1932)
The Silver Lining
as Kate Flynn
(1931)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
(1931)
The Lady Refuses
as June
(1931)
Three Who Loved
as Helga Larson Hanson
(1931)
The Gay Diplomat
as Baroness Corri
(1931)
Virtuous Husband
as Inez Wakefield
(1930)
The Czar of Broadway
as Connie Colton
(1930)
Those Who Dance
as Kitty
(1930)
Isle of Escape
as Stella
(1930)
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
(1930)
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Babka
(1930)
Midnight Mystery
as Sally Wayne
(1930)
The Boudoir Diplomat
as Helene
(1930)
Inside the Lines
as Jane Gershon
(1930)
(1929)
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Doris Ward
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
(1929)
The Great Gabbo
as Mary
(1929)
Weary River
as Alice Gray
(1929)
On With the Show!
as Nita
(1929)
Street Girl
as Frederika Joyzelle
(1929)
Skin Deep
as Sadie Rogers
(1929)
Woman to Woman
as Deloryce / Lola
(1929)
Blaze o' Glory
as Helen Williams
(1928)
The Docks of New York
as Mae
(1928)
The Big City
as Helen
(1928)
Scarlet Seas
as Rose
(1928)
The Desert Bride
as Diane Duval
(1928)
The Barker
as Carrie
(1928)
Court Martial
as Belle Starr
(1927)
Love Me and the World Is Mine
as Mitzel
(1927)
Cheating Cheaters
as Nan Carey
(1927)
Say It with Diamonds
as Betty Howard
(1926)
The Belle of Broadway
as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
(1926)
The Palace of Pleasure
as Lola Montez
(1926)
The Wise Guy
as Hula Kate
(1925)
Beggar on Horseback
as Princess in Pantomime
(1925)
Locked Doors
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
(1925)
New Lives for Old
as Olympe
(1925)
The Pony Express
as Molly Jones
(1925)
Paths to Paradise
as Molly
(1925)
Eve's Secret
as Eve
(1924)
The White Shadow
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
(1924)
The Stranger
as Peggy Bowlin
(1924)
The Female
as Dalla
(1924)
The Enemy Sex
as Dodo Baxter
(1924)
The Fast Set
as Margaret Sones
(1924)
The Garden of Weeds
as Dorothy Delbridge
(1924)
Ramshackle House
as Pen Broome
(1923)
Hollywood
as Betty Compson
(1923)
Woman to Woman
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
(1923)
The White Flower
as Konia Markham
(1923)
The Royal Oak
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
(1923)
The Woman with Four Faces
as Elizabeth West
(1923)
The Rustle of Silk
as Lala De Breeze
(1922)
Over the Border
as Jen Galbraith
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1922)
Law and the Woman
as Margaret Rolfe
(1922)
Kick In
as Molly Brandon
(1922)
The Green Temptation
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
(1922)
The Bonded Woman
as Angela Gaskell
(1922)
To Have and to Hold
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
(1921)
At the End of the World
as Cherry O'Day
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
as Blanche Davis
(1921)
For Those We Love
as Bernice Arnold
(1921)
Ladies Must Live
as Christine Bleeker
(1921)
The Little Minister
as Lady Babbie
(1919)
The Miracle Man
as Rose
(1919)
The Light of Victory
as Jane Ravenslee
(1919)
The Devil's Trail
as Rose
(1918)
Border Raiders
as Rose Hardy
(1918)
The Sheriff
as School Teacher
(1917)
Hubby's Night Out
as Wifey
(1917)
(1917)
(1916)
That Doggone Baby
as Wifie Parker
(1916)
The Making Over of Mother
as Mrs. Newlywed
(1916)
Crew
(1921)
For Those We Love
Writer
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
Writer